Nov 24, Boardroom Appointments Cut Over Lead Jobs in South Africa

Contract position

The Cutover Lead working closely with the Deployment Project Manager and Project Horizon Leadership team will execute and drive the pre-cutover, cutover, and post cutover Go-Live activity. The Cutover Lead will provide the strategy, approach, checklists, and work plans to drive to a successful activation of the new ERP system including 3rd Party systems. They will develop the detailed cutover checklist.

Minimum requirements:

Proven Track Record of similar type role on large scale ERP programmes

Strong and experienced cutover lead required to ensure thorough planning, execution, and completion of all relevant cutovers during Project Horizon rollouts.

Previous MS D365 cutover experience will be an advantage

Vendor interaction and vendor activity tracking experience

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work remote and drive active participation and task completion in an online environment

Ability to work with diverse project teams

Flexibility on working hours roll-out and cutover phases necessitate some shift type patterns at times

Possible travel when restrictions are lifted

Tenacity and resilience to push through and remain positively focussed when extreme challenges are experienced

Ability to be firm but approachable with diverse team of all backgrounds and experts in their own function and lead activities with positive mindset

Responsibilities:

Develops detailed cutover checklist, integrated and consolidated project plan incorporating all Cut-Over activities across Project Scope, including technical, data and operations or business tasks with inputs on Business Activity and project teams, including potential Go- Live scenarios.

Conduct Workshops on Cut-Over activities with all related project streams and business and collect appropriate cutover steps to be performed and works closely with the workgroups to document the integrated cutover plan for each application

Ensures proper integration between different streams to form one integrated set of activities for a one integrated cutover plan

Responsible for detailed project management of the cutover and conversion deliverables to the new system/s, resolving discrepancies or process issues related to cutover

Responsible for ensuring successful planning and execution of integrated release cutover activities and associated system outages

Plans the resources, human and physical required for cut-over activities and coordinates requirements for Go Live staffing and overall logistics

Develops the cutover command centre logistics, communication and escalation plan and command centre documentation (policies, procedures, downtime processes)

Provides Cutover status reporting to project leadership and key stakeholders

Ensures entry and exit criteria for each cutover is well articulated, documented and agreed with all stakeholders

Ensures entry into and exit out of cutover stage gates and audit requirements are met

including the final Go/No-Go meetings for each roll-out

Acts as the final point of escalation for all Cut-over issues, proactively bringing about appropriate interventions when the Cutover/s may be jeopardized

Leads integrated cutover activities for Pre-Go-Live, Go-Live and Post Go-Live for 6 Cut- Over cycles:

Leads integrated cutover activities for multiple countries simultaneously, remotely, post SA deployment

Develops integrated Roll-Back Plan and Strategy and back out / contingency plans for Cutover/s

Raise Risks and Issues and perform mitigating actions to minimize risk on Business Operations and Technical Cut-Over

Ensure the security of the IT organisations data, applications, and infrastructure against accidental or unauthorised modification, destruction, or disclosure

Ensure communication of the relevant components of the cutover plans including related dependencies with sub streams, with all relevant stakeholders

Develop, own, and lead a detailed operational/business preparation plan/s for build-up to cutover and cutover for each business function, taking into consideration customers, vendors, employees, business peak times, downtime the business can handle, how catchup will work etc.

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